UltraScale+ Portfolio
PDM supports the AMD 16 nm devices from the UltraScale+ porfolio.
Overview
Power estimation is critical for many decisions during the adaptive SoC and FPGA design process—from device selection to system-level power budgeting and thermal design. For many years, Xilinx Power Estimator (XPE) has been a leading FPGA power estimation tool. As adaptive SoCs and FPGAs increase in size and complexity, power estimation capabilities must scale accordingly, especially as designs include increasing numbers of new, complex, hard IP blocks.
Power Design Manager (PDM) is the next-generation power estimation platform designed to bring accurate and consistent power estimation capabilities to AMD Versal and UltraScale+ devices and Kria™ SOMs. PDM is the preferred power estimation tool for AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGAs, and AMD strongly recommends all Versal and UltraScale+ designs use PDM going forward.
Features
- Stand-alone tool, AMD Vivado™ Design Suite install not required
- Power Design page supporting rail consolidations, sequencing, and dynamic decoupling capacitor information
- Power Management dashboard for exploring PL power management techniques
- Import XPE files for seamless migration
- Export XDC wizard to generate power constraints for Vivado tool power analysis
- Export PDM Text output
- Improved responsiveness and stability for Versal and UltraScale+ portfolios
- Available for Windows® and Linux ®
- Wizards for Versal hard IP blocks:
- DDR Memory Controller (DDRMC)
- 600G Channelized Multirate Ethernet Subsystem (DCMAC)
- Multirate Ethernet MAC (MRMAC)
- 600G Interlaken with FEC (ILKN)
- 400G High-Speed Crypto (HSC) Engine
- PCIe® with DMA/Bridge and CCI (CPM) with PCIe Base Revision 5.0 (CPM5)
- Wizards for Versal and UltraScale+ soft IP cores
Migration
Easy Migration from XPE to PDM
Beginning with the 2023.1 release, Power Design Manager (PDM) is the only supported tool for evaluating the power consumption of Versal devices. PDM is the most advanced AMD power estimation tool, offering seamless migration of AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGAs from XPE to PDM. Simply select the Import XPE File option when creating a project in PDM. All XPE project data, including resource usage and toggle rates, are migrated directly into the PDM project.
Download PDM for power estimation of Versal and UltraScale+ devices.
XPE will continue to support all product families prior to the UltraScale+ portfolio.
Supported Products
| Product | Power Design Manager (PDM) | Xilinx Power Estimator (XPE) |
|---|---|---|
| Versal Portfolio | ||
| Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 | ✓ | |
| Versal Prime Series Gen 2 | ✓ | |
| Versal AI Edge Series | ✓ | |
| Versal AI Core Series | ✓ | |
| Versal Prime Series | ✓ | |
| Versal Premium Series | ✓ | |
| Versal HBM Series | ✓ | |
| UltraScale+ Portfolio | ||
| Spartan™ UltraScale+ FPGA | ✓ | |
| Artix™ UltraScale+ FPGA | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kintex™ UltraScale+ FPGA | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtex™ UltraScale+ FPGA | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zynq™ UltraScale+ MPSoC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kria SOMs Portfolio | ||
| Kria K24 SOM | ✓ | |
| Kria K26 SOM | ✓ | |
| Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit | ✓ | |
| UltraScale™ Portfolio | ||
| Virtex UltraScale FPGA | ✓ | |
| Kintex UltraScale FPGA | ✓ | |
| FPGA Portfolio | ||
| Virtex FPGA | ✓ | |
| Kintex FPGA | ✓ | |
| Artix FPGA | ✓ | |
| Spartan™ FPGA | ✓ | |
| Zynq SoC | ✓ | |
AMD Supported Products
Power Design Manager for UltraScale+, Versal, and Kria SOM devices
What's New
- 2025.1
- 2024.2
- 2024.1
- 2023.2
- 2023.1
Power Design Manager 2025.1 Features and Enhancements
Power Design Manager (PDM) supports power estimation for all Versal™ and UltraScale+™ devices.
Power Design Manager 2025.1 adds support for:
- Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2, Commercial-Grade (XC): XC2VE3504, XC2VE3558, XC2VE3804, and XC2VE3858 devices
- Versal Prime Series Gen 2, Commercial-Grade (XC): 2VM3558 and XC2VM3858 devices
Production-Level support for:
- Spartan™ UltraScale+™ Family, Commercial-Grade (XC): XCSU10P, XCSU25P and XCSU35P devices
Recent Major Feature Additions
- Power Design page support for
- Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2, Versal™ Prime Series Gen 2
- Spartan™ UltraScale+ Family
- Power Design page enhancements for the UltraScale+ portfolio
- Part selector enhancements to support Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2, Prime Series Gen 2
- Complete UltraScale+ family support in PDM
- PDM is recommended for all new and existing UltraScale+ designs to leverage Power Design Page updates
- Inclusion of the JEDEC-based JESD51-14 specification for Effective Theta Ja within the Cost-Optimized Portfolio, allowing for comprehensive package comparisons
- Existing XPE estimates can be easily migrated to PDM
XPE Users: Easily migrate existing power estimates from XPE to PDM to take advantage of the enhanced wizards and expanded OS support.
Power Design Manager 2024.2 Release Highlights
Power Design Manager (PDM) supports power estimation of all AMD Versal™ and UltraScale+™ devices.
Power Design Manager 2024.2 adds production-level support for:
- Space-Grade Versal AI Edge Series XQRVE2302 devices
- Automotive-Grade Versal AI Edge Series XAVE2002, XAVE2102, XAVE2202, XAVE2302, XAVE2602, and XAVE2802 devices
Recent Major Feature Additions
- Power Design Manager updates for UltraScale+ family support
- Power sequencing
- Power rail consolidations
- Dynamic decoupling capacitors
- Power Design Manager enhancements for the Versal portfolio
XPE Users: Easily migrate existing power estimates from XPE to PDM to take advantage of the enhanced wizards and expanded OS support.
Power Design Manager 2024.1 Release Highlights
- Added AMD Zynq™ RFSoC device support; all UltraScale+ devices now supported
- Built-in graphs for what-if analysis and visualization of power categories
Power Design Manager 2023.2 Release Highlights:
- Added support for Kria K24 Production SOMs and UltraScale+ devices
- Spreadsheet style editing capability
- Ability to export PDM data into a readable format
- Power Design Manager 2023.2.2 includes production level characterization data updates for Versal AI Edge XCVE2002 and XCVE2102 devices
Power Design Manager 2023.1 Release Highlights:
- Versal™ HBM support with HBMMC IP wizard
- New PL power management dashboard
- Production-level power data updates for these devices:
- Versal Premium: XCVP1052, XCVP1102, XCVP1402, XCVP1502, XCVP1702, XCVP1802
- Versal Prime: XCVM2302, XCVM2902
- Pre-Production-level power data updates for these devices:
- Versal AI Edge: XCVE2802
- Versal AI Core: XCVC2802
- Support for new Q-Grade Versal Prime device XQVM1502
See the latest PDM revision history Answer Record here Rev History AR.
Downloads
Download PDM and Access Other Resources
Power Design Manager (PDM) version 2025.1 provides support for these products:
- Versal™ Portfolio: AI Core Series Gen 2 | Prime Series Gen 2 | AI Core | Prime | Premium | AI Edge | HBM series
- UltraScale+™ Portfolio: Virtex™ UltraScale+™ | Kintex™ UltraScale+™ | Artix™ UltraScale+™ | Spartan™ UltraScale+™
- Zynq™ UltraScale+ family: MPSoC | RFSoC
- Kria™ SOM: K24 | K26 | KV260 Starter Kit
Use the latest version of PDM to ensure power data is the most accurate and up to date.